captioning funded by cbs good morning. the occupy wall street movement gets violent as hundreds of protesters in oakland clash with police, while in atlanta, downtown demonstrators are kicked out as police arrest more than 50 of them. we will bring you will the latest on the confrontations. mother nature packing a punch this morning. hurricane rina is gaining strength and heading toward cancun and possibly florida later this week. in the rockies the first major season snowstorm is pounding colorado. rick perry tries to

jump-start his campaign with a proposal for a new tax. we will get reaction from newt gingrich and what obama thinks of the gop race. >> i'm going to wait until everybody is voted off the island. the first travelers on boeing's 787 dreamliner land in hong kong, only three years behind schedule. so was it worth the wait? we'll ask one of those passengers "early" this wednesday morning, october 26th, 2011. good morning. welcome to "the early show" on a beautiful wednesday morning. i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. >> three years delayed on that dreamliner. >> is that all? >> i wonder if they have vouchers. >> you would hope or maybe a free ticket. more on that and guess a sense of what it was like to be on that plane later in the show. we do want to start this

morning with this krog crackdown on the anti-wall street protests around the country. in oakland, california, the protesters are pushing back. cbs news correspondent john blackstone is there with the very latest. >> reporter: here in oakland, metal barricades and a line of riot police are now surrounding city hall plaza where the occupy oakland encampment was until police broke it down. over night, demonstrators showed they are not going away quietly. late tuesday, oakland police fired tear gas and what appeared to be a stun grenade at more than a thousand demonstrators after repeated warnings and orders to disperse. >> you must leave now! >> reporter: at least one demonstrator was injured after what appeared to be a tear gas canister cracked into his head. >> she shot tear gas into the crowd, flash bangs. >> reporter: the massive crowd gathered to protest actions taken earlier in the day by authorities who arrested 85 people and forcibly dismantled

the two-week-old occupy wall street camp near city hall. the mayor who backed the protesters said the camp clearing was necessary because of the complaints about sanitation and safety. >> the issue is not whether or not we support the movement. the issue is the safety of the people staying overnight. >> reporter: across the country, city governments are losing patients with the make-shift settlements settlements. yet, a new cbs news slrk "the new york times" poll shows that 43% of americans agree with the occupy wall street movements, while 27% disagree. in atlanta, police in riot gear many on motorcycles and horses waited until just after midnight to clear the encampment where protesters had stayed for nearly two weeks. more than 50 were arrested. in dallas nearly two dozen protesters who spent the night in nailed were freed tuesday

after police arrested them for blocking a bank entrance as part of the demonstration. in chicago, there have been arrests and warnings but so far, the campers in grant park has been allowed to remain. >> we have to let the politicians know this is the mood of the entire country. >> reporter: now here in oakland, peace has returned to the streets this morning, but there is still a heavy police presence and the demonstrators vow that the occupy protests will continue. erica? >> john blackstone in oakland, thanks. we are watching the weather this morning because the first major snowstorm of the season is blowing in the rockies, while hurricane rina is threatening mexico with 110-mile-per-hour winds. rick sallinger is on snow duty in colorado for us. first, let's check in with cbs news hurricane consult david bernard, chief meteorologist at wfor in miami. where is hurricane rina and could it be a problem for florida at some point? >> that may be the case the next

few days. this morning, rina is a strong category 2 hurricane and 110-mile-per-hour winds and 235 miles south/southeast of cozumel, mexico. on that track it means late tonight or early thursday morning we could be looking a major hurricane impacting the resort areas of the yucatan peninsula. after that we look at the gulf of mexico. our forecast cone turns the storm towards the east as we go into the weekend but notice it also indicates a weakening to a tropical storm. so the good news is as rina enters the gulf of mexico conditions won't be favorable for strengthen. we expect some weakening but a lot of uncertainty that cone is very large. the storm could be over south florida or it could be to the south of cuba. it's too early to say. obviously, everybody in the florida keys and all of south florida need a close eye on this storm over the next few days. >> we know you'll be watching it for us. david bernard in miami for us at wfor, thank you. denver area waking up to an

october snowstorm. rick sallinger of cbs 4 is in evergreen, colorado, with the latest on that story for us. >> reporter: good morning, chris. i think we skipped ahead two seasons in two days with record high temperatures on monday and now we are in the 30s with the prospect of more than a foot of snow. the snow started to fall heavily just after midnight here in denver. it's predicted to come down at the rate of 2 inches an hour as the morning wears on. just a little over 24 hours earlier, folks here were basking in the sunshine of an unusually warm fall day, reaching a record temperature of 80 degrees. >> snow is starting to stick. >> reporter: then the mercury abruptly dropped. >> the rain is changing over to snow. >> reporter: the storm is expected to blanket denver with 6 to 12 inches appear some area suburbs could accumulate 15 inches before the storm dissipates into the east. loss of power being a main

concern with thick foliage still on the trees, the addition of heavy snow often results in broken branches that can bring down power lines. >> there's a lot more surface area catching that snow compared to bare twigs which the snow kind of falls through. >> reporter: the state's largest utility company xcel energy has crews across colorado and texas on standby ready to be called up as needed. >> in this case we know what is coming or what could come so it's nice to be able to have extra crews waiting. >> reporter: the colorado department of transportation is planning to deploy between 70 to 80 pieces of snow removal equipment to highways in the denver area. two years ago, we had 13 inches of snow around this time and now it appears once again, mother nature is playing trick or treat the week before al wean. chris? >> from 80 to 20 in one day. some things are just not fair. rick sallinger outside of denver

for us thanks much. we want to turn to politics. treasure secretary timothy geithner is out trying to sell the president's job plans which hasn't had luck getting through congress. norah o'donnell caught up with geithner on the road and joins us from raleigh, north carolina. good to see you this morning. >> good morning to you. let me tell you. we talked to the treasury secretary about this deep economic anxiety that is affecting this country and we asked him is the economy going to get better? when is it going to get better and whether americans should reelect a president under which unemployment has gone up. we met treasury secretary geithner at corning, now the larger fiber optics manufacturing facility in the world and a company that is hiring but even as the secretary promotes the president's jobs plan, a new cbs news/"the new york times" poll shows 85% of americans think the economy is getting worse or will stay the

same. is the economy getting worse? >> the economy as a whole, the economy is not growing fast enough. >> reporter: what do you expect unemployment will be on election day? depends on what washington does the next three months or six months. >> reporter: will it be likely more than 9%? >> if they act on these proposals growth will be stronger and unemployment will be lower and you'll see more americans back to work. if they don't ask we risk a weakerweak economy and higher unemployment limits to what the president can do and we cannot compensate for failure of congress to act. >> reporter: still the president's record on jobs faces secrete knee. during his three years in office the unemployment has shot up nearly 17%. can the president get reelect with 9% unemployment? >> of course he can. he has a better strategy for helping heal the wounds of this country. >> reporter: >> the president says there is a

jobs plan but a new plan to help the student loan debt to encourage consolidation and lower interest rates on some of those loans which could be relief for a lot of people but we should turn out the proposals would target a specific voting block which is important heading into this election, correct? >> that is exactly right. this is the latest in the we can't wait proposals the president has been outstanding in the past three days. these executive actions. we heard monday of course, about the refinance plan. yesterday, it was about helping veterans. today, it's about helping students with student loan debt. you know, student loan debt in this country surpasses credit card debt so this administration is going to announce new rules to help ease the burden on student loans. you're right, erica. guess who that helps? people in college and recent college graduates. young people help propel president obama to victory the last election and certainly a key demographic in the next election as well. >> thanks norah o'donnell.

rick perry has a plan for economic recovery. a flat tax. the texas governor hopes his sweeping new proposal will boost his standing in the polls. cbs news political correspondent jan crawford is in washington this morning with more on that. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. perry is taking a huge hit like you said. he has gone from first place on fifth place and now he is gettingraphy getting aggressive and trying to get things back on track. trying to jump-start his struggling campaign governor rick perry unveiled his much awaited economic plan centered on tax reform. >> it reorders the way they do business in washington. by reinventing the tax code. >> reporter: the plan includes a 20% flat tax but gives people the option of sticking with their current rate. social security reform by allowing younger workers to choose to put their income in private accounts. and raising the retirement age above 65, but leaving the details to congress.

perry's rollout came as the latest cbs news poll shows his support plummeting among republican primary voters to 6%, putting the onetime front-runner in the middle of the gop pact and contributing to his following numbers is the loss of tea party support. once favored by 0% of tea party supporters perry garners 30% as he has dropped, herman cain has skyrocketed with the tea party and has 32% of their support up from 7% and leads the gop field among republican voters. perry has more than 15 million dollars in his war chest, giving him plenty of ammunition to turn things around and be the viable option to mitt romney. perry has shaken up his national campaign staff and come out slugging in interviews. even suggesting he isn't sure president obama is an american citizen, despite the white house producing a birth certificate.

>> it's a good issue to keep alive. >> reporter: in a press conference yesterday afternoon, perry said it was a distraction, but dodged questions on whether he thinks the president's birth certificate is legitimate. >> somebody want to see my birth certificate, i'd be happy to show it to them. >> reporter: in our cbs poll most people were excited about herman cain and enthusiastic but a new abc/"the washington post" poll out that shows a majority of republicans don't like cain's 9-9- 9-9-9 put like a flat tax. >> i believe he is the third amongst that field is proposing some sort of a flat tax. cbs' jan crawford in washington thanks. next hour we will speak with newt gingrich who also has a flat tax proposal. right now, we will speak to jeff glor with other headlines. >> also with good proposals, hopefully, the news.

president obama wrapping up his dethree-day swing in colorado. last night, jay leno asked the president if he is keeping tabs on his republican challengers. >> now, have you been watching the gop debates? >> i'm going to wait until everybody is voted off the island. >> really? >> before -- once they narrow it down to one or two, i'll start paying attention. >> mr. obama is the only sitting appearons to appear on "the tonight show." survivors still being pulled from rubble in turkey. a teacher and student were alive today and the baby rescued yesterday is in the hospital and in good condition. nasty accident for steven tyler. he fell in his hotel bathroom in

and he plans to perform tonight. erica hill fell in a hotel bathroom and broke her arm. >> i did! almost a year ago! i broke my wing. >> and went to work the next day as well. for five years controversy over a government recommendation girls should have the hpv vaccine to prevent cervical

cancer cancer. >> they are saying now that boys should have the vaccine as well. >> dr. michael smith is chief medical editor at webmd and has more. why are they saying now that boys should also get this vaccine, boys who are 11 and 12 years old? >> due to an accumulation of evidence. we now know the hpv vaccine is as fgs official in boys's in girls. the girls primary benefit is cervical cancer. boys' benefit is larger than that. take head and neck cancer. also usually due to hpv in fact infection. so, again, it shows really a great benefit for boys as well. >> is part of this a recommendation so that when boys become sexually active i guess the transmission rate is reduced with women and other young men? >> right. only about 30% of young girls or young women and girls have

gotten hpv vaccine. if that number were over 50% we probably wouldn't have to worry about boys but we are talking about a community effect. by vaccinateing boys and girls a much larger effect and less hpv concerns. >> the vaccine is highly controversial and expensive. what is the thinking even with these recommendations is this something that patients are going to aagree to or ab uphill battle? >> i suspect we will see a similar issue in boys. over time hopefully more and money parents will understand the benefit. it's a sexually transmitted disease. thinking of that in an 11 and 12-year-old is difficult for a parent, absolutely. >> dr. michael smith, thank you very much. for more on the new recommendations go to webmd.com and search hpv vaccine. still ahead this morning,

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downtown. but so far, not showing a sign of leaving. we are live at the square. >> the city had declared camping at the square illegal overnight, but at midnight, only two people could be there overnight, but this overnight, 75 people camping out and no one told them to move. the mayor's office will deal with the individual acts of illegal behavior case-by-case, but respect the right to free speech. dozens have spent the night near the harbor and the city's new rule will let the protesters get together here during the day. the jury collecting will wrap up today after a woman was accused of killing an employee in a clothing store. only a few pictures of the autopsy will be shown in the opening statements. a custodian at george fox

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ man, that is a gorgeous golden glow. welcome back to "the early show." i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. ahead, it is back to school for kyrie irving. the nba's number one draft pick should be making his debut next week, but the season is on hold thanks to that labor dispute. so he and dozens of other players have decided to go back to school. in class, instead of it the court although he is on the the court there with our mark strassmann. he is going to talk to us why he decided to go back to school and

why it's important for him to keep working on a college degree but not to him, but his entire family, especially his dad. >> he is the richest student at duke right now. his not worth is about $25. most of you don't get to college without taking the s.a.t. some students are taking shortcuts such as six new yorkers accused of having someone else take the s.a.t. for them have done. we will tell you how students don't take advantage of this system. a huge scandal in new york the last few months. >> a pretty big name is being brought in to oversee all of that. before we get to that though, much more difficult for businesses to survive and thrive in the current economy. thousands of americans are finding a way to do it. they are just doing it 8 thousand miles away. >> such as the chinese are making it big in china. cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is here with that story as we continue the series of business overseas. how are you? >> this is a really interesting one. good morning. for some americans entrepreneurs it's the only way way they say

they can live the american dream. traveling halfway around the world to take advantage of china's vast manufacturing resources and on our recent trip to china we spoke with one american businessman who says his company and all of its employees it employs in the united states wouldn't exist, if not for china. on the outskirts of shanghai you'll find hundreds of factories serving thousands of american entrepreneurs. >> trust me, we didn't wake up we would go 8,000 miles away and me disappearing so long from my family. >> his company employs about a hundred people back home but has access to an entire assembly line of workers in china. >> we work together. invest a lot in the manufacturing. >> reporter: dong lee owns ten manufacturing plants like this one all over china.

the former teacher now employees over 15,000 people from technicians to engineers. >> we need to use a scale of people and experienced people. otherwise, we have a problem. >> reporter: what would it cost you to manufacturing a vehicle like that in the united states versus doing it here? >> there's not any real price advantage to us but it's because our volume and our size is such that we cannot justify them manufacturing construction. >> reporter: really, this is a matter of infrastructure for you? >> it's a matter of access to manufacturing. i could not personally afford to build a manufacturing facility. >> reporter: parts arrived from all over the world. some made in america to be assemblied at this factory in china. it's a fairly common practice and during our visit hummers were seen coming down opposite tomberlin's car. >> that takes a risk off your shoulders? >> no doubt about it and very

scaleable and we can focus what we do best, which is developing the brand and the channel. >> reporter: that channel or work flow allows tomberlin to ship to locations where his cars are sold. like this dealership outside orlando, florida. sales for tomberlin's electrical vehicles have been risk though, he says his company is still too small to move manufacturing to the united states but maintains the ideas are completely home-grown. would you call yourself an american company? >> oh, absolutely. an american company that owns the brand and channel is to me far more important than just having 20 people turn wrenches somewhere in arkansas. >> reporter: for american interprau neuros china's draw. wages up in china 10% to 15% and shipping costs because of the high oil prices have risen and that increases the cost of doing

business in china making it potentially somewhere down the road more attractive to do business here for businesses that could actually build out manufacturing. >> you talk about manufacturing. the president talking about revving up manufacturing in the states. anything you could see that i guess people can take away from what they see in china here in the states? >> one thing about the manufacturing in china is that it's very flexible. so we could see, for example, this hummer coming off the line right next to tomberlin's products in the same manufacturing facility whereas, here in the united states, you go to a manufacturing facility and for the most part, you see them making one thing, one brand, one type of thing. >> there you go. more things under one roof. >> exactly. >> get people together to pay to build it and may solve one of his other problems. becky, thanks. here is jeff glor at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines for us. in our news here in oakland, california, overnight more confrontations between police and protesters.

after demonstrators part of the anti-wall street occupy wall street ptests refused to leave. several hurt and five arrested there. in atlanta, police on motorcycle and horseback cleared a downtown park where protesters are occupied the park two weeks. president welcome is in denver today and unveil a plan to help students pay off their college loans earlier, among other things the plan advance a maximum annual loan payments next year. it wasn't supposed to happen until 2014. this is evergreen, colorado. it could get up to 8 inches of snow by tomorrow. up to two feet in higher elevations. . good morning. the temperatures right now around the low to mid 50s. a beautiful day start.

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the nba lockout has already canceled 100 games and threatens to wipe out hundreds more. more talks set for later today. >> we are not expecting much progress but while they talk and work on that other athletes are off playing in other countries and others are focusing on their mind. cbs news correspondent mark strassmann is here in the studio to tell us how the top draft pick is spending his time. nice to have you with here with us. >> it's a great story.

we always hear you go to college to get a good job, right? well, the nba is full of college dropouts who are making millions of dollars and they could be sitting around waiting for the season to start playing video games or just hanging out. instead, kosdozens of them will heading back to school. >> the cleveland cavaliers select kyrie irving from duke university. >> reporter: kyrie irving was a 19-year-old instant millionaire. the nba's top overall pick in its draft as a freshman last june. >> when i shook the commissioner's hand i still remember the feeling. >> reporter: duke's dazzling point guard remembers something else. a promise he made to his father to get his college degree. his father starred in the nba for boston in the 1980s and graduated. while nba play is on hold indefinitely because of a labor dispute, irving is back on duke's campus taking four

courses. is this something that dad wants you to do or is this something that you want to do? >> i think it's both honestly. it has to be both. >> reporter: it probably helps that you genuinely like the vibe on campus? >> i don't like the vibe. i love it. i love duke. i'm back here because i love it you know? because duke, duke is the place. >> reporter: in college basketball, this is the era of one and done. star players will leave their college court after one year on campus and never come back. never even look back. and for most of them even getting their college diploma one day is at best, a passing thought. 52 nba players right now are taking college courses during the league's labor dispute, including kevin love and russell westbrook at ucla stefan curry at davidson and tristan thompson. >> this is where it starts right here. the ball is tipped and everything is out the window.

>> reporter: everything but the promise he made to his father. >> i just said to kyrie, listen if you decide to leave, you have to promise me that you'll get your degree in five years and he stuck to the pact and i commend him for being so young and having to actually stick to the game plan. >> reporter: irving knows some people don't get it. why go back? a job is waiting for him in a league where the average salary tops $5 million. because basketball is not going to last forever? >> no, not at all. i want to set my mark in the basketball world but, at the same time, me having a mark on the real world is something that i really want to do and me having my degree and when i'm finished playing this game i'll be able to do that. >> reporter: but for now he is another kid on campus shooting a commercial for nike with a guaranteed multimillion dollar

payday. only 25% of nba players have their college degree. irving says he'll have his in five years because in his family, a promise is a promise. >> you have to remember duke. coach krzyzewski does not recruit dumb players. it's a tough school to get in whether you're a athlete or not. you have athletes like christian laettner. >> irving he's father told me he was in seventh grade and best player on a traveling team. his grades aren't there. his father pulled him off the team. the other parents were begging him, please let him play. no his dad said he has to get his grades. >> go terriers! and i'm definitely not a pushover. but i am a voter. so washington... before you even think about cutting my medicare and social security benefits... here's a number you should remember. 50 million. we are 50 million seniors who earned our benefits... and you

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>> a major security firm is being hired to review the test-taking procedures. cbs news correspondent jim axelrod has more. >> reporter: this arrest last month in a college entrance cheating scandal in new york city suburb of great neck. >> we are taking step we can to make sure the test has integrity and no child is cheating on the test which hurts the other test-takers. >> reporter: a 19-year-old student, sam echesoff was taking the s.a.t. for students for more than $2,500 a person. the president of the nassau county new york school supts was not surprised. >> this has to be going on for years. not the first time students created a fraudulent i.d. to take a test. >> reporter: now the new york state legislature is vegging. >> not a new york state problem, this is a national problem.

>> reporter: they scott farber runs a test prep company and some of his students live in great neck. >> i think what we wind up seeing in terms of behavior and cheating and staying up way too late and getting incredibly nervous and breaking down in tears they are 16 and 17. it's not fair for them to internalize all of that pressure but they keep hearing the drum beat day after day after day. >> reporter: the college board is hiring former fbi director louie freeh to review the critics. people say that is overkill and all that is necessary is to have students take the tests at their own schools. jim axelrod, cbs news new york. >> perfect example, there are no shortcuts. >> no. >> he is in trouble and these kids that paid the money to have him take the test forget about it. >> paying the price a long time for that one. still to come republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is with us to talk

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life that got a little messy at times. walter isaacson will be here to talk more about the apple founder and talking a shop very few people get to go top secret. after years of delays boeing's new 787 made its first passenger flight this morning and one of those people on board said he paid more than get this, $33,000 for his ticket just to be aboard that first flight. so was it worth $33,000? we will find out what it's like to ride on the groundbreaking new jet. i don't know if any plane ride is worth 33 grand. >> for the largest window i would say it's probably worth it. >> you have to pay a premium. first, to politics. the hard-fought republican presidential race, last night on tonight show jay leno asked president obama if he has been following the campaign. >> i'm going to wait until everybody is voted off the island. >> really?

>> once they narrow it down to one or two i'll start paying attention. >> the latest cbs news/"the new york times" poll shows 70% of voters are paying attention to the race. the poll also shows that former house speaker newt gingrich is in third place behind herman cain and mitt romney. there are a number of things come out this week from presidential candidates and president obama. first news of the day this morning when we talk about student loan debt which, as you know, is growing in this country. second only to mortgage debt for most americans. some proposals out this morning from the president to push things along to ease student loan debt. for many people they look at debt a hindrance to spend and we know drives this economy. how important is tackling student loan debt when it comes to addressing the issue of this economy? >> well, i think it's very important if you're the student who is involved. i think for the general economy, it's not but i also think it's

time for a serious look at why has higher education become so dramatically more expensive. people talk about the cost of health care. the fact is higher education has gone up year after year after year. one projection by 2014 one administrator or clerk for every teacher on university campuses and college campuses. that is a blow that students have to pay off. maybe they can borrow the money right now, but everybody knows that hangs over them for 10 or 15 years. so i think there is a real issue here to talk about how do we make higher education dramatically less expensive. >> is this still a wise investment, do you think for folks? a number of people aren't just college graduates but people being after laid off in economy to find a degree to find a new

job. >> i suggest we hire retraining so people who get unemployment compensation also are able to go and get retrained during the same time. there are millions of people team who are getting unemployment some 2.5 to 3 million are getting it for 99 weeks and along enough they can get an associate degree for the length of time they are unemployed. i think things we can do to think retraining for adults and children. why is education going up 8% a year? what are the factors that lead to that? and is it really fair to young people or, for mafor that matter people going back to school to give them inflated price to borrow the money in the short run, you have to pay the money back and that is a big burden. >> there are a lot of talk about your fellow candidates in this race. it has been described as a fiery debate the last debate.

you have been speaking about the name calling going on between your fellow candidates particularly perry and romney. why can't people get along? >> i don't know how much of that is their consultants advising them and how much of that is real. you have to have some sense of maturity and some sense of seriousness at a time when we have massive unemployment huge deficits, serious foreign policy and national security problems and i felt it hurt everybody to have bickering the way that was going on in that particular debate. i hope it's not going to be repeated. overall, thif the debates have been very helpful but i think the american people deserve us to act in a responsible and mature way. >> luckily for you, you have a few more debates coming up. have you had any specific conversations with them about the bickering? because you have been very public in your displeasure with it. >> well, no. i think what i've said in public is pretty clear and i have a hunch both of them have read it. everybody has got to do what they think is best in order to

try to serve the country. i just think i'm looking forward to one-on-one on the dialogue i and herman cain will have on november 5th. i think a good model and the difference in the approach in the way you can have a conversation and you can disagree about details but you don't have to be disagreeable. i think people are pretty sick of the lack of civility not just in the debates but they watch washington and watch gridlock and a president who is more comfortable in leno than he is in trying to govern the country and i think people are looking for mature leadership that will help some of these problems. >> people are fed up as we know and we see this with the occupy wall street protests. a latest poll finds 46% of americans their view reflects a sentiment they share. you have outspoken comments for people behind occupy wall street. you don't think it's a great move and you don't see what their point is. yet, a number of americans say they are behind it. >> look. i think if you say do you agree

you should be angry, i'm with them. we ought to be angry when you look at, for example, the fix that has been in for some of the big boys the amount of billions of dollars that have been given out. you look at the secrecy of the federal reserve. you look at bernanke in charge of hundreds of billions of dollars of your money, people have a right to be angry. my question for the occupy wall street group is what is their message some frankly if you look at some of the signs and listen to some of the interviews there is a frightening level of anti-semitism in some of these gatherings. fundamentally different than the tea party. the tear party people are studying the constitution and studying the declaration of independence and trying to find what made america great. the occupy wall street crowd, frankly, strike me on occasion as taking their anger and turning it into a justification for vandalism and violence or frankly vulgarity that doesn't advantage the ball it doesn't get us into a better future. >> some would say those are the

actions of a few. we have to leave it there, sir. appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you here is jeff glor at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines for us. president obama is in denver this morning where he will announce new plan for student loan relief. irka was talking a bit about this with newt gingrich and move up a payment on federal student loans from 2014. it will also allow borrowers with multiple government loans to consolidate them into one. the white house says the changes will carry no extra cost to taxpayers. a report out this morning says the average cost of attending a state college now tops a record $17,000 a year. in turkey this morning, more dramatic rescues from the rubble left by sunday's earthquake. two college teachers and a student were found alive. and hospital authorities this morning report that 14-day-old baby rescued yesterday is in good condition. a mexican drug suspect

awaiting trial in chicago is making a startling claim insisting he can't be prosecuted because he worked as an informant and had a secret immuneity deal with the u.s. government. >> reporter: prosecutors say this man oversaw drug running on a massive scale into the u.s.ship now behind bars and a maximum security prison in chicago he is making his own explosive accusations that u.s. government agents have been aiding mexico's cartel and even tipping off leaders on how to avoid capture. his court filings claim federal dea agents gave him, guzman and other leaders carte blanche to operate their drug business without interference as long as they snitched on other cartels. for years his attorney argues that they captured rivaled and

chief reefival is the zetas. this man doesn't buy the claim that dea promised immunity. >> we do not have the power to offer immunity. >> reporter: in court documents, prosecutors do admit they had a signed cooperation agreement with a different cartel leader. it was with castro. starting as early as 2004 loya passed information from dea to cartel leaders including the one man on trial zimbata saying they dismissed a major case against loya and not active prosecute their leadership. jordan says any agreement with cartel leader is important but may be deemed necessary. >> it's probably a matter of trying to get inside or closer intelligence to the whole mexican federation as we call

it. >> reporter: yoredjordan points out colombia the u.s. worked with select cartels allowing them to continue drug smuggling operations in the u.s. as long as they helped destroying some of the most dangerous cartels. as to whether the government has similar plans in mexico they are not saying but the case raises the question. prosecutors say even if federal agents promised zimbata . a beautiful morning. sunshine. 11 minutes after the hour. forecast at a high of about 70. more clouds later than earlier and i wanted to mention, we could see the chance of showers in the afternoon. 54 is the low, look for a high of 65, raining and clearing for friday, no chance of showers on

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what you'll see is accomplished is giving new hope to spinal cord patients around the world. >> reporter: lifting your child on your lap, a simple move most people take for granted but many spinal cord patients, it's something they only dreamed of. >> i saw my mom pick my daughter up and realized i could not do that. that was very hard for me knowing that that may never happen again. hi to do whatever it took at the time to do that again. >> reporter: so this month, tim hemmes became the first man ever to control a bionic arm with his mind. >> is it "star trek" like? maybe a little bit. but this is something that i did. so it's not a movie. this is reality. >> reporter: tim always pushed himself to stay active. he played hockey. loved being outdoors. loved riding his motorcycle. but it was a motorcycle accident on july 11th, 2004 that left

him a quadriplegic. >> one of the last things i was doing before my accident was putting my daughter to bed. i laid her down and went out for a bike ride that night. it was a beautiful night and a deer jumped out in front of me. i was doing only 20 miles an hour. hi a helmet on and that is basically what saved my life. >> reporter: a life but the life he knew was gone. tim spent months in a nursing home before realizing he needed a way to connect to his family. that led him to an experimental program called revolutionizing prosthetics that would allow him to test whether or not brain signals could stimulate movement into a robotic arm. up until this point, robotic prosthetic arms require muscle contractions to trigger a tiny computer to make the arm function. now doctors hope by inserting tiny electrodes in the game paralyzed patients will have a new way to do more on their own. during the first few days in the

lab, tim discovered just how tough all of this may be. >> trying to move my arm left i was trying to think left. i was trying to think of the word. anything. >> left. >> once we were able to train the computer that that type of signal meant left it started to go left. the computer was understanding what my brain was telling it. >> he got to the point where he could hit 12 out of 16 targets but that wasn't good enough for him so we had to keep going. >> reporter: then on the second to last day, as seen in this video, tim was able to reach out and give one of the scientists a high five. >> all right! >> there you go! >> yea! >> nice! >> while the first reach was sort of this scientific triumph. the second reach had all of this emotional component to it. >> baby, i want to hold you! >> it was, wait a minute this is his moment this is their moment. we will be quiet and let this

happen. >> it was something hydraulic and plastic in metal, but i put it there. that was very emotional! it was something very personal and something that i'll take bhe for the with me the rest of my life because i just reached out and grabbed somebody after seven years. >> reporter: today, tim still depends on his loved ones for his basic needs but he believes what was accomplished is the first step to gaining back his independence. >> right. >> so was i ambitious? hell, yeah i was ambitious. i want to get my life back. i have a goal. i have an end goal and this is the first step. >> now that tim has proven form of brain estimation can work the plan is to test additional patients. just thinking about it putting electrodes in the brain. >> that whole scientific part is fascinating and it boggles the

mind but i have to say one of the best parts of that story was when you see that close-up of his face and he is able to reach out and, i mean, you could see it in his face how much that meant to him. >> and when he talks about as a parent not being able to pick up his child. >> you can't imagine not being able to hug your child. >> yeah. >> great ending shot there to see the two of them and his daughter. >> great story. jeff, thanks. just ahead, flying to honk and also flying into the history books. you'll meat aet a passenger who just landed on the first commercial flight of boeing's 787 dream liner. we will see if it delivered. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by sponsored by prego. enjoy the sweet and savory taste of prego. choose taste. choose prego. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego.

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coming up steve jobs was the trail blazing innovator of high tech and most of his

important work was done behind doors. >> walter isaacon the author that jobs trusted to write his story got to go behind the scenes. he had rare access not only to the steve jobs at work but also to steve jobs and his personal life and it is something that more and more people are learning about as they read this

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delays. one on 70, east bound, causing a set back and another on 97 at 50 and one from the beltway, the drive way belt times and speeds. it is starting to slow down there at the topside at harper road. there is a look at the west side, another look outside that one at the top of the beltway a s well. >> in disney on ice, that will be october 26th to the 30th, get your tickets today. the city officials are looking at the occupy baltimore movement and protesters being told that they will have to leave overnight -- as of midnight, only two people can be here overnight, but 75 people were camping out and no

one said to move. the mayor's office will deal with this case to case. this october 4th, many spent the night near the harker. the rule will let the protesters come together here during the day. the city police are looking for a woman that murdered a woman monday night. she was beat to death. the police need anybody that saw or heard anything that night to call them. another high-ranked official will take the stand in the bribery trial of occur re, the senator was said to be honest, a straight shooter. he is accused of using his power to benefit a local grocery store chain. he said he did nothing wrong.

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♪ welcome back to "the early show." half past the hour on your wednesday morning. i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. ahead, a plane landed in hong kong this morning.

probably that would make news. it happens every day. it did three years behind schedule. >> lots of gas on that plane. >> no one was all that upset. it was the first passenger service for boeing's 787 dream liner. it is supposed to be much more fuel-efficient. we will ask a passenger on that plane what the 787 is really like. the man, by the way, also flew on the first trip of the airbus 380 and boeing's 747 debut a few years ago so a few notches on the first belt. >> he knows planes. more than 40 years after it was brought to earth a teeny bit of moon rock is causing big problems for a california grandmother. it was taken from her when she tried to sell it and insists it was given to her husband when he worked on the apolicy bow missions years ago. the fed arrested her years ago but she was never charged with a crime. how could you arrest this woman? >> we will find out.

steve jobs was a ceo, a innovator and a perfectist and a very private person and may be one of the reasons many are fascinated with anything about steve jobs especially with his death three weeks ago. >> walter isaacson is with us. you have been a popular man this week. how has the week been for you? how has it been received the reviews? >> it's been nice. people are very interested in steve because the way he was both emotional and private, but that emotionalism connected to all of his products. so i think the personality, the products, the company, they are all kind of intertwined because of the passion he had, the passion for perfection. you see it in sort of everything he did. >> yeah. i think the one thing people are really starting to see is a different side of stefs that a lot of people didn't know. i think people knew he would be abrasive at times but you are hearing the stories now you were able to collect 40 different interviews with him, was it?

>> yeah. it put into context that abrasiveness. what is the point of doing things like that?creating a team of a-players. he said if i'm doing that you get the bozo explosion and mediocre people who don't believe they can do the impossible. he had to round them with some of his friends called the reality distortion field. he made people believe they could do the impossible and when do you that you make a dent in people's feelings but also a dent in the universe. >> your access in so many ways was impressive but you also knew him for, what 30 years? he asked you to write this biography. when he came to you and asked you to do that were you surprised at all? >> it was a casual conversation in the summer of 2004. we were talking. i had been at "time" magazine so he was a friend of mine when he had a product out and sort of forget me in between. he said why don't you do a biography of me? i said you're a young man like

me, 20 30 years ahead of you maybe a couple of decades before you retire. his wife really pushed this project. around 2009 when he had his liver transplant she said you really ought to get on it and i realized what an opportunity it would be. >> a huge opportunity. interesting, too as you come into this project. you know at this point his health is not great. and you know ultimately what is going to happen and as i understand it, he said to you not long before he died and one of your last conversations i know there is going to be a lot of stuff in your book i won't like. do you think there is much in here he would be unhappy with? >> i wanted him to read it. i kind of thought, until that last conversation he said don't worry, i won't read it right when it comes out because i don't want to get mad at you, but i'll read it in a year if i can. and i thought, well, that's good, you know because he was always staying one step ahead of that and that magical thinking we talked about. i got wrapped into it. i thought, okay he is going to read it a year from now. i'm sure there would have been stuff he wouldn't have liked, but he understood and talked

often about why he was brutal or tough to people and i hope i put that into context. >> you had an opportunity to see some of the kind of the hidden rooms that no one has access to, some of the designers and what not. what were you able to see back there that no one has really had an opportunity to see? >> the thing that distinguishes apple is design. it connects art to the technology. he always loved to say that. and if you go through the design studio which is this wonderful ground floor studio overseen by johnny ives who was steve's spiritual partner at apple, you see these tables all laid out that have foam and other models of future products so that steve jobs could walk around and fondle them and that tactile feeling. you'd take your mac book air there. you want to feel you can scoop it with one hand so it has to be curved right here. he'd take a product and say it's not friendly enough.

that is something most techies don't do say it's not friendly enough, i have to be able to fondle it. >> his private life so private, as we know. >> yeah. >> whenever anyone passes there is that thirst for information what was this guy like and what was his family like. one of the reasons i understand he wanted you to do this book is he wanted his kids to know him better. in that process of doing the interviews with him, did it prompt him to share more with his children knowing he didn't have that much time left? >> the end of his life he has four wonderful children they are all with them. there are times he probably would not have won father of the year trophy because he was more focused on his work. when he wasn't working, he was at that kitchen table they had with his family. >> what do you think ultimately he would have said his ultimate achievement was? was it apple? and changing people's lives or was it his family? >> oh, i think his family was a part of it.

really, i think his achievement in the flow of history because he had great buddhist training is the creation of apple as a company. he felt that you had to have a place where creativity and engineering could be brought together not just for an air book or an ipod or an iphone, but for a generation or two and i think creating that company with the dna instilled in it was his greatest creation. >> apple tv something we can maybe see coming up? >> i didn't put it all in the book because i felt that was in some ways private how he cracked the code and what he thought. he transformed seven industries you know, from the music industry to publishing. i think if he had lived another ten years, he would have transformed seven more. >> quickly. they say maybe you were too close to have that critical view. do you agree with him? >> yeah. i got emotionally bonded to him and while there will probably be

other eyebiographies in other decades. it is very hard to get to know somebody that well without having, especially somebody like steve jobs without having an emotional connection. >> it's a great read. i'm not done with it because it's really long but so far, so good. >> walter thank you very much. the biography steve jobs is now in book stores and online as well. here is jeff glor at the news desk with a final check of today's other headlines for us. 38 minutes past the hour. >> good morning. new video this morning of what appears to be the funeral of moammar gadhafi. these pictures released by dubai television station and show three coffins and one said to be gadhafi and another of his son. they were taken to the desert for a secret burial. hurricane rina is taking aim the tourist resorts along yucatan coast and it 00 miles

south/southeast of cozumel. forecasters say it will kroscross cozumel and head to cancun. when winehouse died in july her blood alcohol was 4.5 times over the legal drunk driving limit. some concerns this morning about current flu vaccinations might not be at effect as people think. well below the 70% to 90% left previously reported and unclear how the vaccine works in children and adults over 65 this report concludes a need for a new generation of flu shots. . a beautiful morning, that is a really cool shot. look at the sunshining down on the bay. 90 standing. the clouds will increase today. it is what it is, but it will be mild. 70 is the high, i will start to

mention some widely scattered showers this afternoon. around dinner, surely by bed time. the rain will continue tomorrow and this morning, boeing's long awaited 787 dream liner jumbo jet made its first passenger trip from tokyo to hong kong. boeing's say the 787 will save airlines lots of money on fuel but what is it like to ride in this new aircraft? thomas lee was on board this morning's maiden flight and joins us from hong kong this morning. thomas, good morning to you. it was three years in the waiting but what was it like? was it worth the wait? >> well, good morning, chris. it was absolutely worth the wait. it was a spectacular experience on board. everybody had a fantastic time. >> so what are some of the improvements passengers will notice right off the bat when they board this airliner? >> well, you certainly can't

miss the significantly larger windows. everybody on the plane no matter where you're seated can see outside the aircraft. that is spectacular. the light system are leds and it can create millions of colors. they demonstrated for us a rainbow effect in the plane that was really incredible. they can go from dawn to dunk, that type of thing. it is pressured at a much lower altitude with humidification and you feel better throughout the flight and when you land at your destination, you also feel better. significant improvements in cabin technology. >> as far as some of the things people won't notice now. we talk about it being much more fuel-efficient jetliner. what are some of the nuances with this 787 that will make it a better aircraft? >> well, you mentioned the fuel-efficiency. 20% improvement is absolutely incredible.

there's the vacuum system way systems has a lid down flush technology and extremely quiet and loses qaruses far less water. many improvements on this aircraft. >> you were on the boeing 747 and the airbus and now this aircraft. where does building one rank? >> well, i would put this one equal with the others. it's very difficult to compare it and contrast. they are all interesting and spectacular and breakthrough technology that air own way. 747 was the first wide body airplane so that was awesome. the 8380 first double decker. all thrilling experiences and i wouldn't miss it for more. >> your flight is boarding so grab your bag and get on board. thanks so much. now from jet liners to a story straight from outer space. a california woman wanted to sell a tiny piece of moon rock

dust she has owned for nearly 40 years. >> it could be worth more than a million dollars. she tried to make that deal in may. and then she was confronted by government agents. national correspondent ben tracy has more on the story that is now just coming to light. >> i just walked over. >> reporter: 74-year-old california grandmother jo dunn ann davis thought she was going to her local denny's for a simple business transaction but it ugly. >> something is pulling me from the back and pulling me out of the booth and have a hollywood of me pretty donor good. the force was ununnecessary on my part because i'm like 110. i'm 4'11". >> reporter: she expected to sell a tiny speck of moon rock encase inside a paper weight she claims was given to her space engineer husband 40 years ago but after she contacted nasa to see if they could help her find a buyer, federal agents set up a

sting at this deniys and suspected she was dealing in stolen government property. >> it's not stolen. i know it and they know it too but how else are they going to credit themselves with how they took it? i mean, how do they justify it? >> reporter: nasa declined to comment on an ongoing investigation, yet five months after being detained and questioned for two hours, davis still hasn't been charged with anything. >> there's no such law that moon rocks belong to the federal government. there are laws about stealing from the federal government and i understand that. if anybody could show that these moon rocks were stolen from the federal government that's a different color but they haven't shown that. >> reporter: davis claims the agents bruised her arm and tailbone during the incident but the emotional wounds are far worse. >> i felt humiliated. i felt -- this may not be proper on to say, but i felt raped. i really did. >> reporter: at this point,

davis simply wants nasa to return what she feels is her property, but she does have an attorney and they are considering legal action of their own. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. still to come on "the early show," the situation comedy is back from "two and a half men" to "two broke girls" prime time is laugh riot. there had been a little break from the laughs for a while. we will take a look on why

♪ less an decade ago, the sitcom wasn't looking so hot for the networks. even critics declared tv comedy dead. >> always good for a laugh. >> i know! >> cbs correspondent mo rocca, funny is making a very big examineback. >> i guess now is as good a time as any. [ screaming ]

>> reporter: "two and a half men" kicked of hits ashton kutcher. the rating are still up 44%. >> yum yum, yum! like this. look. >> reporter: emmy winning best winning "family" is up 25%. >> drop it. >> in its seventh season, "how i met your mother" has risen 19%. >> because i got to know. >> ready to order? >> i'd like a seven-day course of penicillin and syrup to induce vomiting and a mint. >> i didn't understand. >> he drank from leonard's glass easement words they will be carving into my tombstone. >> reporter: the "big bang theory" is up 10% and the fox's

"new girl." >> this is caroline. >> care a lee? >> caroline! >> reporter: abc's "last man standing." >> just concern yourself with this area right here! >> reporter: and cbs breakout "two broke girls." >> why don't you just say yes to his friend request? >> because i never check facebook? some girl i worked with in 2005 says it's raining? >> it is kind of a bummer. mo rocca is along with us. and dalton ross assistant managing editor of entertainment weekly. what is it about tv comedy so great right now? do we all need a laugh these days, mo? >> oh, gosh. i think the idea that the bad economy is driving us to sitcoms is an interesting idea. i wish it were true. i just don't think it is. >> what is it then? >> i think people are a little bit sick of procedural dramas

and hopefully a lot sick of reality tv. it's cadavers and kardashian. we've had enough of them. >> that was kind of the reason a lot of sitcoms went by the wayside because there was such a strong play with reality television for that period of time. >> that was definitely part of "survivor" and "american idol" jumped on the scene and people were fascinated by that but a lot of other reasons. i'll give you a few of them. "baby bob" daddy owe, cave men. the golden age of cruddy comedy a while there. >> is it about the writing? do we have a better crop of writers now or is it also that networks and studios are recognizing they are good and trying to put them back on tv? >> i think it comes down to the writing. chuck lori has three camera live studio audience and traditional and then modern family and the office and 30 rock and very different shows. eventually, it's going to come down to writing. >> yeah. the single camera comedies are

probably half of the new hits and that style has only been around a decade. i think "modern family" really pushed it into mass appeal at this point. >> what is the formula, though? you see all of these shows, "modern family," "two broke girls" and "mike and molly." you can't see here is a blueprint. >> i think movie comedies are still largely about slumpy guys with impossible by hot girlfriends without any discernible personality. so the sitcoms a lot of these sitcoms have fun li women like tina fey and melissa mccarthy. >> melissa mccarthy on the cover of "entertainment" magazine. she is someone you want to root for too. >> she a really great person. she has been around a while and now having success. the thing about melissa mccarthy

she can do it all. outrageous character on "bridesmaids." >> talk about a funny character! >> right there? >> she stole that movie. she was by far the best character in the movie. >> like vomiting lava. >> we saw her on "saturday night live." she can do it all. >> women can do it all! >> oh! >> in case you're wondering. >> if you were to sit back and say this is my breakthrough comedy, do you have a favorite? like maybe not the emmy award winning "modern family." >> i like the new girls. i think zoe is great. the guys on the show are funny as well. >> shii think "two broke girls" is great. they need to find a way back. i know he is did. >> to "two broke girls"? >> no to "two and a half men." >> i'm sensing something here. i'm sensing emmy.

you two should write the reincarnations specials. >> all about the writers and the actors give them the credit when they win the award. it's brilliant on some of these shows and one thing you notice off the bat. >> the writing is bullet proof on a lot of these shows, that's true. >> great to have you guys here. >> thank you. that is going to do it for us. no more material that has be

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